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- MakaleAçık Erişim2026Social Identity in Team Sports: A Quantitative Study of University Student-Athletes
Çakır, Zekai; Uğurlu, Döndü; Sengonül, Abdullah; Yel, Kader; Güzel, Sema; Yaman, Menzure Sibel; Aktoklu, Sevda; Dilek, Ahmet Naci; Gürbüz, Cihan
The predominance of psychological approaches in sport-related social identity research highlights the need to examine social identity within a broader sociological framework, particularly in the context of team sports. This study aims to investigate the levels of social identity among university students engaged in team sports and to determine whether these levels differ across various demographic and sport-related variables. Rather than conducting a process-oriented qualitative analysis, this study examines social identity quantitatively through measured social identity levels and selected demographic and sport-related variables. The study used a quantitative descriptive survey design with a sample of 266 university students participating in amateur-level team sports. Data were collected using a personal information form and the Social Identity Questionnaire for Sport, and analysed using descriptive statistics, independent-samples t-tests, one-way ANOVA, and Spearman’s correlation analysis. The findings indicated that participants’ social identity levels were close to moderate. While no significant differences were observed with respect to gender and age, significant differences were found in favour of participants who held leadership roles, engaged in out-of-team social interaction, and had longer sport experience, as well as across different sport branches (p < .05). Furthermore, a positive and significant relationship was identified between sport experience and social identity levels. In conclusion, social identity in team sports appears to be more closely associated with social interaction, in-group roles, and accumulated sport experience than with individual demographic characteristics.
- MakaleAçık Erişim2025Scopus SJRQ1Examination of trauma levels and earthquake stress coping strategies of university students who exercise and do not exercise after an earthquake
Çakır, Zekai; Erbaş, Ülfet; Gönen, Mevlüt; Ceyhan, Mehmet Ali; Öktem, Tuncay; Kul, Murat; Dilek, Ahmet Naci; Güzel, Sema
Background: Earthquakes are calamities of devastating nature that induce longterm post traumatic stress on affected victims. As such, they are recognized worldwide as being huge sources of stress. In this research study, the first objective is to assess the level of trauma and earthquake stress of university students who exercise and those who do not. Methods: This study utilized the descriptive survey research method. The sample comprised 378 male and 300 female students who experienced the socially detrimental 7.7 Mw and 7.6 Mw earthquakes in Turkey on February 6, 2023. The data were both face-to-face and via computer-administered questionnaire with the tools of “Post-Earthquake Trauma Level Scale” and “Earthquake Stress Coping Strategies Scale.” After checking for normality, the parametric tests were used, the t-test to compare two groups of data, and ANOVA for three or more groups of data. Furthermore, Pearson correlation analyses were performed to compare the interactions between students who exercise and those who do not. Results: The study found that gender affected trauma levels, with female students (X = 73.483) exhibiting significantly higher trauma levels than male students (X = 68.799) (p < 0.001). Students who engaged in regular physical activity (X = 67.71) were found to have lower trauma levels compared to those who did not exercise (X = 71.97). Participants who feared being caught by the earthquake at home or school (X = 73.32), experienced the loss of someone close (X = 88.10) or believed that adequate precautions against the earthquake had not been taken (X = 71.73) had higher trauma scores. According to the results of the ANOVA test, students from the Departments of Sports Sciences (X = 69.78) and Religious Studies (X = 69.63) were observed to have lower trauma levels. Pearson correlation analysis showed a positive and moderate relationship between trauma levels and earthquake stress coping strategies among students who engaged in regular physical activity (r =.176, p < 0.01). Conclusions: The research identified that factors such as gender, regular exercise, the experience of losing a loved one, and the perception that insufficient precautions were taken all significantly influence trauma levels. Moreover, the findings highlighted that regular physical exercise serves as an effective strategy for managing and coping with trauma.
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